Senior AS400 Production Support Engineer

As a Senior AS400 Production Support Engineer you will play a pivotal part in maintaining and optimizing our AS400 (IBM iSeries) systems ensuring their smooth operation to meet the demands of our business processes. You will be responsible for solving production issues performing system upgrades and collaborating with various departments to implement enhancements that support our operational goals. Your expertise will help us maintain high availability reliability and performance of our AS400 systems ensuring seamless business continuity.

In this role you will

• Monitor and support AS400 production systems to ensure optimal performance.
• Diagnose and solve production issues in a timely manner.
• Implement changes and enhancements to existing AS400 applications and systems.
• Collaborate with development teams to support application deployments and updates.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for system processes and procedures.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in RPG RPG IV RPGILE CL CLLE DB2400 production support.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in forming and performing SQL queries on IBM DB2.
• Experience with monitoring tools and performance tuning techniques.

What will help you stand out (preferred skills)

• Knowledge in Retail Industry
• Experience in Turnover Implementation tool
• Exposure in conducting/participating in product demonstrations and assessment studies

At Cognizant we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We strongly encourage you to apply even if you only meet the required skills listed. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you'd be beneficial to this role.

Working arrangements

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in Ontario and/or Nova Scotia where our hubs are located. Regardless of your working arrangement we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.